Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:17 pm EDT

This comes as no surprise, but it is official -- as of this afternoon, the man who last fall completed 11 of 27 passes in a loss to Wyoming, largely inspired the best tortured fan video of 2008 and served as the hallucinatory subject of an imaginary conversation with a weary author suffering from something like post-traumatic stress disorder is back on top, baby:
Quarterback Jonathan Crompton has been named starter, Tennessee head coach Lane Kiffin said after Monday's practice.
The real significance of this confirmation, on the heels of Auburn's decision to start Chris Todd, is that both quarterbacks from the most horrific offensive game of last fall have fully recovered their positions from half a season on the bench and will line up across from each other again on Oct. 3, an improbable and no doubt riveting reprise.

And there's a good chance the Vols will go into that game without their best receiver. If last year's UT-Auburn game was like watching baby seals getting clubbed on the beach, this one will be like watching senior seals getting clubbed on the beach -- they're less cute, but more tragic in their way.
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Will Kiffon listen to someone or the VolNation when they cheer for a change.
A trailer was left Coach Bill Battle when he did not listen.
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12/31/2008 Oregon St 3 vs Pittsburgh 0
9/13/2008 Auburn 3 at Mississippi St 2
9/27/2008 Western Michigan 7 at Temple 3
10/25/2008 Duke 10 at Vanderbilt 7
9/20/2008 Wake Forest 12 at Florida St 3
10/9/2008 Clemson 7 at Wake Forest 12
9/6/2008 Connecticut 12 at Temple 9
10/18/2008 Connecticut 10 at Rutgers 12
11/22/2008 Clemson 13 at Virginia 3
10/25/2008 Penn State 13 at Ohio State 6
10/11/2008 TCU 13 at Colorado St 7
11/8/2008 Wyoming 13 at Tennessee 7
12/6/2008 South Florida 7 at West Virginia 13
10/4/2008 Northern Illinois 9 at Tennessee 13
9/13/2008 Wisconsin 13 at Fresno St 10
10/11/2008 Rutgers 10 at Cincinnati 13
10/11/2008 Toledo 13 at Michigan 10
11/1/2008 Utah 13 at New Mexico 10
11/2/2008 East Carolina 13 at UCF 10
11/6/2008 TCU 10 at Utah 13
11/22/2008 Duke 3 at Virginia Tech 14
9/13/2008 Georgia 14 at South Carolina 7
10/25/2008 Louisiana Tech 7 at Army 14
10/21/2008 Ohio 10 at Temple 14
9/27/2008 Tennessee 12 at Auburn 14
9/30/2008 Florida Atlantic 13 at Middle Tenn St 14
10/4/2008 Auburn 13 at Vanderbilt 14
10/18/2008 Kansas St 13 at Colorado 14
11/1/2008 Kentucky 14 at Mississippi St 13
Amongst the nightmares, I'd say Vols @ Tigers was just middlin' mediocre. For "root canal" painful, I like Wake Forest at FSU. Or any game involving Temple.
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I'm a big fan of pitching and defense. 3-2 is almost a perfect, err, baseball score.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL-mNqDeJpM
Ouchtown, brah.
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